I developed a course plan & did the geocaching with my JROTC cadets during our annual Summer Leadership program (2 weeks of physical Boot Camp, sports & classroom studies) They had a blast using the little Garmin units. Pretty simple. 60 nautical miles = 1 degree; roughly 69 statute miles = 1 degree. (1.15 statute miles = 1 nautical mile; 6072 ft in nautical mile) Breaking it down from there...that's where the GPS comes in. The civilian units have a sensitivity that will bring you within about 20 feet of the true target. Our Sr. Instructor was a mathmatician that worked on weapons delivery. DOD units can put a cruise missile through your front door from hundreds of miles away! The powers that are/were didn't dare give the public that ability! Since each is different, depending upon which unit is used to establish a course, you may note some discrepancies; be patient and LOOK back to the clues if given. The group of students that ended up with my personal unit had a tiny bit of an edge;the other units belonged to the school district. The lesson plan and power point slides I put together was supposed used and integrated by HQ to develop a nation-wide course so each JRTOC program didn't have to re-invent the wheel. I don't know what ever really happened to the HQ Inspector that requested it for with that intention. I'll try and dig around through my old discs and see if I still have a copy. May not be able to bring it up since it could be on a 3.5" floppy. Those were the days and technologies have morphed at warp speed.
Try one event and see if it provides enough challenge. Really allows for orienteering skills to develop, but can't beat old-fashioned map reading skills. When things go POOF, the old ways will still work! Geological grid map, compass and knowing your stride
Try one event and see if it provides enough challenge. Really allows for orienteering skills to develop, but can't beat old-fashioned map reading skills. When things go POOF, the old ways will still work! Geological grid map, compass and knowing your stride